Linus

Sad for the fella but how EXCITING: Man bursts into flames and dies in front of horrified onlookers while walking down London street

The appeal of the Fortean for me is mostly gonzo - I like reading about people who believe/try to prove these things exist. There is some genuinely inexplicable stuff in the world but most of it has a mundane explanation. However, the adventures of (sometimes, sometimes not so) rational people seeking them both out is fascinating.

Just got to the point in The Punisher where the only thing to say is

19 minutes ago, Sergio Mendacious said:

I had no idea you were Roy Jay, Linus.

Slither

Priti Patel. I am so, so ashamed.

It is, the photo was taken at Riptide's October show.

Bumped into Dean Ayass the other week...

Wonderful. Just wonderful. Considered sending it into FT's Forum?

Two of the last 3 episodes have been amongst the half dozen most thrilling for me so :shrug:

Why would AC/DC need a fill in dru.. oh.

What? Nothing to say?!? 

I am @indysleaze on Twitter. Follow if you like wrestling, socialism, anime, and me being overly dramatic for (mostly) comic effect.

Gillberg defended the restarted Light Heavyweight title on the indies when he had it. Whether or not he was supposed to is another matter...

He worked a dark match before the tapings before Takeover.

Wait, there are seriously people on this forum who believe the Earth is flat? I'm all for a healthy scepticism of the scientific method but FFS.

It does?

I'm really interested in the Viceland series Abandoned but I have Virgin Media and it's all geoblocked online. Any ideas?

 

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Is that the guy whose catchphrase was "swivel"?

British Match of the Year:

Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll (RevPro, January)

Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll (PROGRESS, January)

Zack Sabre Jr vs Travis Banks (Fight Club:PRO, July)

 

British Wrestler of the Year:

Pete Dunne

Will Ospreay

Trent Seven

 

British Wrestling Promotion of the Year:

Fight Club: PRO

ATTACK!

PROGRESS

Worst Wrestler of the Year:

Shelley Martinez

Brandi Rhodes

Sebastian

 

Worst Match of the Year:

Shelley Martinez vs Rebel (TNA)

Dana Brooke vs Bayley

 

Worst Wrestling Event of the Year:

 

GTFO

(they may not be the worst, but who do you just wish would go away and stay away?):

Sheamus

Brock Lesnar

Sebastian

 

Stupidest/Worst Moment of the Year:

Shane McMahon on Team Smackdown at Survivor Series

Wrestler of the Year:

AJ Styles

Kenny Omega

Chris Hero

 

Female Wrestler of the Year:

Io Shirai

Kimber Lee

Alexa Bliss

 

Match of the Year:

Pentagón Dark vs Black Lotus Triad (Gauntlet Match)

Team DIY vs The Revival (2/3 Falls Match)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada (G1 Climax)

 

Wrestling Event of the Year:

PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16

NXT Takeover: Toronto

AAW Jim Lynam Memorial

 

Wrestling TV Show of the Year

(this includes Youtube shows, original Network content and programmes, web shows etc):

WWE Cruiserweight Classic

Lucha Underground

Tiger Mask W

 

Feud/Angle of the Year:

Sami Callihan vs Pentagón Jr in AAW

Katsuyori Shibata vs the NOAH lads (New Japan)

BROKEN Matt Hardy vs Brother Nero (TNA)

 

Moment of the Year:

Shinsuke Nakamura debuts in Dallas

Shane McMahon does an idiot dive at WrestleMania

Applause for Kris Travis at PROGRESS Brixton

 

Babyface of the Year:

James Ellsworth

Travis Banks in Fight Club: PRO

BROKEN. Matt Hardy

 

Heel of the Year:

Pentagón Dark

Samoa Joe

Yellow Devil in Tiger Mask W

 

Tag Team of the Year:

The Revival

(Is there any point nominating anyone else?)

 

Promo of the Year

(this can be a specific promo or it can be a wrestler's collective promo work across the year);

Christopher Daniels pre-All Star Extravaganza (ROH)

BROKEN Matt Hardy

Dolph Ziggler before career match

 

Wrestling Podcast of the Year:

Flash Morgan Webster

Summersluts

Tuesday Night Jaw

What's the most protected finisher ever? I was thinking Pedigree or maybe Hogan's leg drop could be contenders but wondered if anybody had actually bothered to work it out.

If you count lucha libre - and why wouldn't you? - the the tombstone, or MARTINETÉ is the answer. It's banned in Mexico, its use (if caught) results in an instant DQ, and it's often a stretcher job.

Knock door run, rat-a-tat ginger, or thunder & lightning round my area.

 

Where the fuck did the ginger bit come from?!?

Funky Bompa better be Dave Mastiff's new name for the ITV wrestling thing.

The greatest Belgian is clearly Jan Bucqouy, director of The Sexual Life Of The Belgians and curator of the Brussels Underpants Museum.

 

Him or Sandra Kim, the 13yr old Eurovision winner who made my underpants tight when I was 14.